Harwich RN Reserve Auxiliary Patrol And Minesweepers WW1

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Current location

COLUMN WITH ARMS PROTRUDING FROM IT. BRONZE PLAQUES ON THE SIDES OF THE COLUMN. AT EACH CORNER ARE BRONZE DOLPHINS. WHOLE STANDS ON AN OCTAGONAL BASE

Inscription

NORTH EAST FACE: IHS / TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE OFFICERS AND/ MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVAL/ RESERVE & ROYAL NAVAL/ VOLUNTEER RESERVE/ SERVING IN THE AUXILIARY/ PATROL & MINESWEEPERS/ AT HARWICH WHO DIED IN/ THE PERFORMANCE OF/ THEIR DUTIES THAT THE/ SEAS MIGHT BE MADE FREE/ TWILIGHT AND EVENING BELL,/ AND AFTER THAT THE DARK/ AND MAY THERE BE NO SADNESS OF FAREWELL,/ WHEN I EMBARK./ FOR THO' FROM OUT OUR BOURNE OF TIME AND PLACE/ THE FLOOD MAY BEAR ME FAR./ I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT FACE TO FACE/ WHEN I HAVE CROSSED THE BAR./ THE BROTHER OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE HARWICH/ AUXILIARY PATROL AND MINESWEEPER SUBSCRIBED/ TO ERECT THIS MEMORIAL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR/ COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 / ERECTED 1919/ REAR ADMIRAL CECIL S. HICKLEY M.V.O./ CAPTAIN THOMAS J. S. LYNE R.N. D.S.O./ PORT MINESWEEPING OFFICER
SOUTH EAST, SOUTH WEST AND NORTH WEST FACES: (NAMES)

First World War (1914-1918)Total names on memorial: 185Served and returned: UndefinedDied: 185Exact count: yesInformation shown: rank,year died,regiment,manner of deathOrder of information: year died,regiment,manner of death,rank

MAR 2005: Applied for a grant from The Wolfson Foundation and English Heritage

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Reference

Carter Postcard Collection

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